sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; arjunah -- Arjuna; tirtha -- to holy places; yatrayam -- while on pilgrimage; paryatan -- wandering; avanim -- the earth; prabhuh -- the great lord; gatah -- having gone; prabhasam -- to Prabhasa; asrinot -- heard; matuleyim -- uncle's daughter; sah -- he; atmanah -- his; duryodhanaya -- to Duryodhana; ramah -- Lord Balarama; tam -- her; dasyati -- intends to give; iti -- thus; na -- not; ca -- and; apare -- anyone else; tat -- her; lipsuh -- desirous of obtaining; sah -- he, Arjuna; yatih -- a sannyasi; bhutva -- becoming; tri-dandi -- carrying a triple staff; dvarakam -- to Dvaraka; agat -- went.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: While traveling far and wide visiting various holy places of pilgrimage, Arjuna came to Prabhasa. There he heard that Lord Balarama intended to give his maternal cousin Subhadra to Duryodhana in marriage, and that no one else approved of this plan. Arjuna wanted to marry her himself, so he disguised himself as a renunciant, complete with triple staff, and went to Dvaraka.